Just curious to know - do all of you on this bowl have an educational background in finance? If not, what did you study? I find it interesting to see what pivots people took in their lives!

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Not me. I did my bachelor's in communication and spent a few years working in marketing before I decided that I had a keener interest in design. Did my masters in graphic design and a few years after that took a MAJOR shift into this industry. It was a mix of circumstance and serendipity bit I'm happy to be here :)

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